april~week 16-17/366 {compliments of instagram}

i cannot begin to tell you how your recent comments {regarding this post}, messages, and emails touched my heart.  and, dare i say, swelled it to tears.  that's physically possible, right?   a teary-heart-swellin'-feel-good-feelin'.  i couldn't even bring myself to 'reply' to each one.  words escaped me.  if you will, please accept my hugs through the computer screen.  time and time again, hubs heard me say that my bloggy friends were going to make me cry... yes, you touched my heart.  deep.  thank you. 

apparently, it's been a few sunsets since i've blogged.  apparently, there have been some changes with picture collage sites.  change is sometimes hard, y'all.  apparently, i should go re-read my last post. ;)

i don't use iphoto on the ol' mac, so that limits my choices in making collages.  guess i need to break down and learn how to do this in photoshop?  excuse me while i go type "collage for dummies tutorial" in google.  this instagram feed will have to do for now...

are you ready for a quick highlight reel of two weeks??

homeschool consists of games. cooking up sentences anyone?

nator lost a molar.  tooth-fairy was late.  we've come to expect that around here.  starbucks dates with the girlies.  playing dollhouse - on the go!  beau has tongue and teeth issues.  we love him.  gluten-free waffles + nature's hollow honey + organic blackberries = nomnom.

hood-liner on your head. hood-liner on your head.  lookin' like a fool with your hood-liner on your head.  gold in your teeth.  hat on sideways... anyone know where this comes from?  i may have changed the lyrics a tad. ;)  #cheezy

nator is the chopstick princess.  she learned it from kung fu panda.  we're all about the educational shows here!

watching movies via ipod, while waiting on sis in dance lesson.  getting rained on... yes, in the car.  because, well... that's what happens when it's raining and you have your windows cracked.  long story short = we need a new mom-taxi.  hopefully, soon.

wax. ouch, but worth it.  brainstorming ideas to make the gas station in the back yard less visible. taking head-shots for about 64 kids.  attending a funeral.  12 year old deep in thought.  jasmine wondering how to continue following the sun spot on the floor when it lands on a chair... and being on furniture is a no-no.  gracie wearing her father's tie... and mom's shoes.  she sings, "the heels are alive with the sound of music..."  crack me up.

gracie giving mama an american girl questionnaire, while sis is in piano lesson.  gracie doodles on herself.  mama keeps friend's kids.  the girls call it a play-date.  we accomplish schoolwork.  the girls read their paragraph from the stairs... see her up there?  gracie's sweetness during spelling nearly had the power to grant her any wish she ever wanted.  oozing sweetness.  

mama had a pain in the neck.  no pun intended.  when day 3 came and i still had to turn my body to get the head to follow, it was chiropractor time.  therapy ensued.  the girls pretended to get treatments, too.  flattering pix, yes?

the mom-taxi has loads of character... and photo-bombers.  *giggle*  and we end these two weeks with a trip to the library.  complete with schoolhouse rock dvd.  gracie has decided they're not as cheezy as she once thought.  gracie also picks up harry potter.  i'm torn on that one... but it has sparked a renewed interest in reading.  nator sticks with american girl. ;)

history.  today, we finished chapter 27 in sotw.  the girls and i have really enjoyed a more relaxed-discussion style of learning.  relaxed is needed for such a barbaric time-period such as the dark ages.  we find the struggle for power in the middle ages between royal-blood-line-rulers quite fascinating... and heart-wrenching.

i digress.    

do you feel a lil' caught up now?  do you enjoy chiropractic therapy?  and agree that every mom should have those therapy gadgets within reach - at home?  is the tooth-fairy often late in your home, too?  are you a chop-stick wonder?  what's your favorite {everyone-should-read-it} book?  but more importantly, have you ever tried waxing? ;)